Top four players with longest unbeaten runs in Premier League history

Published at :May 15, 2024 at 2:41 PM

Modified at :May 15, 2024 at 2:41 PM

(Courtesy : Manchester City)

These stars set remarkable unbeaten records in the English top flight and dominated the league in their era.

Winning and losing are a part of football. Even the most dominant teams in the history of the sport usually face a few stumbles and dropped points along the way. Pep Guardiola’s dominant Barcelona side weren’t able to stay unbeaten in the league, while the historically rampant Bayern Munich sides over the past decades had also dropped a fair few points during their run.

Going invincible is thus a very tough feet, and there are certain players that just make their team a winning combination and never seem to lose. Here are the top four players with the longest unbeaten runs in the history of the Premier League:

4. Rodri (48 games)

The only active player in the top 4, Manchester City just don’t seem to lose when Rodri is bossing the midfield. The Spaniard’s 48-game unbeaten record is still continuing, with his last defeat being a 1-0 loss to Tottenham away in February 2023.

While City have certainly lost Premier League games this season, those have all been in Rodri’s absence, and the midfielder’s passing range, control of the game’s tempo and defensive ability have made the Cityzens unbeatable when he is around. While the record in the Premier League stands at 48 games, it has been 71 games in all competitions where Rodri hasn’t tasted defeat for City.

3. Kolo Toure (48 games)

Arsenal have long been the only team to go through an invincible season in 2003-04, which could be matched by Bayer Leverkusen this season. Kolo Toure missed only 1 league game in that campaign, with 25 wins and 12 draws to his name that season.

The Ivorian was an integral part of that squad alongside Sol Campbell, Jens Lehmann and Ashley Cole in the defence. His unbeaten streak was finally broken by a 2-0 loss to Manchester United in the opening game of the next season.

2. Thierry Henry (48 games)

Just like Kolo Toure, Thierry Henry also was starring for the iconic invincible Gunners campaign in 2003-04, and had missed just a solitary game of their 49-match unbeaten streak. The Frenchman was arguably the most important player for the Gunnars during that run, scoring 30 goals and chipping in with 6 assists in the Premier League that season to win the golden boot.

The run started in the 2002-03 season, after a loss against Leeds United, and was ended by Manchester United in the 2004-05 season.

1. Sol Campbell (56 games)

While most of the key players of the Arsenal invincible squad have an unbeaten run in the 40s, Sol Campbell received some good fortune to get his unbeaten streak to 56 in the league. While he was there for the 49 games that Arsenal went unbeaten for, Campbell had also fortunately or unfortunately missed the defeat to Leeds United in the 2002-03 season with a suspension, while also missing the previous defeats to Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United due to an Achilles injury.

This gave him a big head start to his teammates, which let him stretch his unbeaten record to 56 games. His record too was ended with a defeat to Manchester United in the following season.

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